How the Web Works

Randy Connolly and Ricardo Hoar Fundamentals of Web Development

Randy Connolly and Ricardo Hoar Fundamentals of Web Development
 Objectives
1 Definitions and
History 2 Client-Server
Model

3 Domain Name
System 4 Uniform Resource
Locators (URL)

5 Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP) 6 Web Servers

Randy Connolly and Ricardo Hoar Fundamentals of Web Development

DEFINITIONS AND HISTORY
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 Internet = Web?
The answer is no

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 Tim Berners-Lee
I meant Sir Tim Berners-Lee

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 Core Features of the Web

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 Web Server Basics

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 Static Web Sites
Partying Like It’s 1995

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 Static Web Sites

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 Dynamic Web Sites

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 Dynamic Web Sites

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CLIENT-SERVER MODEL
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 Client-Server Model
What is it?

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 Request-Response Loop

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 Section 5 of 8
DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS)

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 TCP/IP

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 Internet Protocol (IP)

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IP Addresses
Two types

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 Domain Name System
Why do we need it?

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 DNS Overview

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 Domain Levels

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UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS (URL)

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 URL Components

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 Query String

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HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL
(HTTP)
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 HTTP

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 HTTP

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 Web Requests

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 Browser parsing HTML and making
subsequent requests

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 HTTP Request Methods

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 GET versus POST requests

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 Browser Tools for HTTP

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WEB SERVERS
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 Web Servers

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 Web Stack

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 LAMP Software Stack

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 WISA software stack

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 What You’ve Learned
1 Definitions and
History 2 Client-Server
Model

3 Domain Name
System 4 Uniform Resource
Locators (URL)

5 Hypertext Transfer
Protocol (HTTP) 6 Web Servers

Randy Connolly and Ricardo Hoar Fundamentals of Web Development